The Henderson City Council on Tuesday will consider approval of a $70,000 community-funded grant to evaluate the needs, programming, feasibility and cost of constructing and equipping a new crime lab for the police department.
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A court challenge to Nevada’s ban on same-sex marriage is no longer at the top of the queue in efforts nationally to legalize gay unions after a hearing date initially set by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for April 9 was postponed but the Nevada case is still in the mix as more courts around the country continue to weigh in on the controversial issue, a lawyer for Lambda Legal said last week.
Christina Lafave did the time. Now she’s charged with the crime.
The Las Vegas man found shot to death in a southwest valley parking lot Thursday night has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office as Gagik Tulbendhyan, 28.
The puppies rescued from a January pet shop fire started going to their new homes Thursday morning. The first three winners of a raffle to find owners for the 25 canines got to meet their furry friends about 10 a.m.
The Nevada Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a $9 million judgment against former topless club owner Rick Rizzolo stemming from a 2001 altercation over an $80 bar tab that left a Kansas man a quadriplegic.
The 50-year-old knife-wielding woman who was shot twice by a Las Vegas police officer last week has a history of mental illness and problems with Metro, Clark County Undersheriff Jim Dixon said Thursday.
Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto said a meeting of state attorneys general with their Mexican counterparts over two days this week has produced tangible results in the fight against transnational organized crime.
A 13-month-old boy fell from a third-story condominium window in the northwest valley on Tuesday, Las Vegas police said.
A Virginia truck driver has pleaded guilty to three counts of involuntary manslaughter after authorities said he collided with a disabled car in northeast Nevada and killed a couple and a tow truck driver.
Tangled in a criminal investigation for potential misuse of taxpayer funds, the Clark County School District’s Adult English Language Acquisition department has been shut down, Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky said in a news conference Monday.
The Clark County coroner’s office identified the Las Vegas man who was shot to death in an apartment south of downtown Saturday.
A former Clark County jail inmate will get a $275,000 settlement for being improperly strip searched in front of other inmates.
The proliferation of marijuana grow houses throughout Las Vegas is a problem that brings violence to the community, according to Metro Lt. Laz Chavez.
Eighty years after Roy Frisch’s disappearance, the fate of the former Reno city councilman and the head cashier of the Riverside Bank remain unknown.
Living in one of the driest metropolitan areas in the country means doing all we can as a community to protect our limited water resources. Diagnosing and repairing leaks at home is a crucial element of our water conservation efforts. Repairing or replacing hidden water wasters at your home—such as dripping faucets or faulty toilet […]
For those enjoying Juneteenth, the high should be close to seasonable near 101 with wind gusts to 21 mph.
A Henderson man accused of firing 112 bullets in his condo on Friday night told police he was protecting himself from robbers. Investigators found no such evidence.
Celine Dion told her documentary audience, “This is by far the biggest crowd I’ve had in years. I hope to see you all again very, very soon.”
NSHE acknowledged concerns from the Jewish community about comments made by a regent who serves as vice chair of the board’s diversity committee.